Inventing diseases to sell drugs
The Beeb:
Of course it did. The report singles out restless leg and irritable bowel. They should ban prescription drug ads again.
Disease-mongering promotes non-existent diseases and exaggerates mild problems to boost profits, the Public Library of Science Medicine reported.
Researchers at Newcastle University in Australia said firms were putting healthy people at risk by medicalising conditions such as menopause.
But the pharmaceutical industry denied it invented diseases.
Of course it did. The report singles out restless leg and irritable bowel. They should ban prescription drug ads again.
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